All language subtitles for Black Lightning S03E16

[BLACK LIGHTNING]
Previously on Black Lightning...

[LYNN] I left the formula for the
meta-boost serum in Markovia.

What happens if Gravedigger can
have any meta power he wants?

He'd be unstoppable.

War is coming to Freeland.

Take this peace offering.

Use it to burn down the ASA
for what they did to my city.

Gravedigger is en route
with a battalion of troops.

The powers that be have decided that

they would rather nuke Freeland
than let Gravedigger win.

The government is gonna bomb Freeland

if we don't beat Gravedigger?

The DNA sample I took from
Gravedigger matches your DNA.

Gravedigger's your great-uncle.

Gravedigger's at the perimeter.

Where's Jennifer?

Jen?

[LIGHTNING SCREAMS]

We got a bogie at 9
o'clock. What is that?

[GAMBI] That's Jen.

[BLACK LIGHTNING] Gambi, she's alive!

Good for her.

[GRUNTS]

[R&B SONG PLAYING]

_

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Hold it. What has gotten into you?

You're coming on hard. [CHUCKLES]

Hold up.

Electrical powers...

Young enough to be your daughter.

[CHUCKLES]

That's baby Lightning.

Mmm, that's why you mad, huh?

Come on.

[GRUNTS]

[SHOUTING]

[EXCLAIMS] Can't believe you got up.

[EXHALES]

What you can't do,
you'll do for blood, right?

- You and I are blood.
- That's funny.

[WOMAN] Black Lightning continues
to fight for the city of Freeland,

which is suffering from
a full-scale invasion

from Markovian forces.

Police [SIGHS]

and fire stations have been blown up.

Citizens are being shot
down in the street.

And the ASA's nowhere to be found.

Is Black Lightning the
only line of defense?

Has the government abandoned Freeland?

I'm Jamillah Olsen,
reporting live from Mark...

[EXCLAIMS]

[GASPING]

- [EARPIECE BEEPS]
- Now.

There she is.

Come on. They got out. They got out.

[BLACK LIGHTNING]
Let's stop the madness.

We're family. We can work it out.

Man, stop. We ain't related.

No?

Why am I a stable meta like you?

I know you were born out of wedlock.

Your father's name was Cassius.

You got that from the ASA.

I know you only met
your half-brother twice.

Once when you were young,

and once right before
you both went off to war.

His name was Ben.

My grandfather.

[CHUCKLES]

Look here, kinfolk.

You ain't gonna talk your
way out of this one.

I'm on a mission.

And I'm gonna complete it.

So you can surrender now.

You'll be treated nicely.

Just like your baby girl.

Where is she?

Ah!

She's a prisoner of war.

- Where is she?
- I'm giving you one last chance

to surrender, boy.

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

[GRUNTS]

[EXCLAIMS]

Yeah, you feel that?

- [GROANS]
- Those are microwaves.

Cooking you from the inside.

That's it.

Nothing to be ashamed about.

[GRUNTS]

[GRAVEDIGGER] You fought well.

Now stay down.

[GROANS]

[GRAVEDIGGER SCREAMS]

[PANTING]

Rangers.

Prepare for glory.

♪ Last night, I saw a superhero ♪
♪ He was black ♪

♪ He said "This is for the
street Black Lightning's back" ♪

[RAP SONG PLAYING ON HEADPHONES]

Grayle, Gambi.

We have to move the meta kids to the Pit

to keep them away from Gravedigger.

It's the most secure place
in all of Freeland.

Thunder's on her way to
help you escort them.

Have them ready to travel.

Copy you.

Grayle, what's up?

We have to prep to move.

Okay, let's do it.

Katie, are you still
jamming all transmissions?

[KATIE] Yes, this video will go unseen.

Sir, without our perimeter barrier,

Markovian forces will overrun the city.

First will come a shock-and-awe
strike to disrupt everything.

Then they'll secure
an exfiltration route.

While the elite Markovian Rangers

recon the city to locate
Freeland's metas.

No longer our problem.
We're pulling out of Freeland.

Commander, leave nothing
classified behind.

I want total closure.

Yes, sir.

Major, find the briefcase
and bring it to me, or...

destroy it.

Yes, sir.

Did I stutter?

Gambi, I need you.

I'm here.

The Markovians took Jen.

I need you to find out
where they took her.

I'm on it.

Odell isn't at the Pit.

He must be at a safehouse somewhere.

Okay. Okay, well, uh,

I'll start talking to the
cameras around the city.

- I'll find him.
- Thanks.

I need to concentrate on
using the ASA's system

to search for Lightning's
energy signature.

- Copy you.
- Come on.

[GRAVEDIGGER] It's not gonna work.

My name is Tyson Sykes.

I'm in command here.

And the first thing you
need to understand is,

I'm not your enemy.

You could've fooled me with the whole
kidnapping and invasion thing.

[SCOFFS]

Actions made necessary by
the continuing treachery

of the US government.

I have been empowered
by the nation of Markovia

to establish an independent
meta-human state

inside their borders.

A place where meta-humans can be free.

- Live normal lives.
- Mmm-mmm.

You need to sell that
trash somewhere else.

Trash?

Little girl,

you don't know a damn
thing about this country.

This country was built by
and for rich white men.

That's never gonna change.

There's been plenty of change.

Not enough, sure, but it's disrespectful

to the sacrifices of our ancestors

- to say there's been none.
- Change.

Oh, you mean Obama?

And Martin Luther King?

Well, seems to me

that Obama was bought and paid for

by rich liberals and
multinational corporations,

and Martin Luther King,
well, he was a coward

who lacked the courage to
fight for his own freedom.

Are you insane?

MLK was one of the
most courageous people

to walk the face of this Earth.

Not by fighting,

but by purposefully putting
himself in harm's way.

The moral authority of his
cause couldn't be debated.

Yeah, they debated that plenty.

But he was on the right side of history.

"Metas are with you, or else."

That's not independence or peace.

Who are you to judge me, huh?

You've been on this planet
for the blink of an eye.

I'm 100 years old.

Maybe that's why you're
so negative and grouchy.

I ought to kill you where you stand.

Why don't you let me out of here?

Try it.

Maybe later.

[SCOFFS]

Is this moment in black history over?

[CHUCKLES]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

[RAP SONG PLAYING]

[EXCLAIMS]

[SCREAMS]

What assurance do I have
that the ASA will honor

its side of the deal?

Above my paygrade.

You have something for me or not?

Suppose I'll have to trust you.

Or I could wash my hands in your blood

if you double cross me.

The briefcase is at Gambi's tailor shop.

The tailor who came back from the dead?

- Mmm.
- Who does he work for?

No one.

Piece of cake. We'll be in touch.

Prepare for relocation to Gotham City.

You'll receive your seat
on the Shadow Board there.

Gotham? Wait a minute.

You're gonna nuke Freeland

if the Markovians take it.

And I just became a loose end.

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

You'll never get out of here alive.

[LADY EVE] I'm already gone, bitch.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

- [EARPIECE BEEPS]
- Des... Destiny.

[GROANS] Call...

Call Lala.

Call Lala, tell him that
I just got from the ASA

that we won't have Freeland
if the Markovians succeed.

Good morning, Nurse Judas.

[CLICKING]

Of course, a loser like you
is still living at home

with his parents in his 40s.

Oh, my God. What'd you do with them?

Your mom will be just fine,

as long as you take me

to where they're keeping
the Markovian metas.

What about my father?

Ah, yes.

The Blackovian.

I assure you he died well.

[COMPUTERS BEEPING]

_

You sure this is where Jen is?

Not completely.

Her energy signature's vanished,

but I picked up an
energy signature similar

to ASA's meta collars. It's there,

in the middle of where the
Markovian battalion has made camp.

- That has to be it.
- What has to be it?

You need him.

You'll never get Jen out alive
past a hundred Markovian troops.

I know what I said before,

but if Jen needs help, then I'm there.

What's the plan?

[GAMBI] TC!

[BRANDON] What's wrong with him?

Probably ASA countermeasures.

We were trying to trace Odell.

The ASA had him in a pod.

You best believe Odell knows
how to deal with his powers.

- Is he gonna be okay?
- I think so.

Everything okay?

Yeah. Just a glitch.

Thought someone was
opening up my front door.

All good.

Let's go get Jen.

[DR. JACE GRUNTING]

[DR. JACE] Oh, thank God.

I presume I'm being tracked,

and Odell wants you to break me out?

My orders are to clean out
the classified information

in Freeland.

[GRUNTS]

Move.

All right, keep moving, everybody.

Go, go, go. You'll be safe inside. Go.

Keep moving!

Hey, Henderson.

That's a lot of... That's
a lot of bad guys, bro.

What we gonna do?

We're gonna fight, Two-Bits.

- Everybody fight!
- Huh?

[SCREAMS]

Get off my block.

[LOUD RUMBLING]

[MOUTHING] Daddy.

- Hey, I appreciate you.
- Always.

We could still use your help.

You wanna meet us at the Pit?

Yeah. I got you.

Gambi will direct you.

Can you fly?

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

Shh.

That's dope.

- You shouldn't be here.
- If we're gonna have any chance

of beating Gravedigger, we have
to strip him of his extra powers.

Can you do that?

I think so.

My orders are to destroy
all classified information.

That includes the files you're using.

And, I imagine,
the information inside my head.

Yes.

Dr. Jace has already been dealt with.

[BREATH TREMBLING]

And I'm next.

Commander Williams, you're
obviously dedicated to your duty.

But if you try and stop me,

Markovians will kill
and kidnap Americans.

Children.

Children, like you were.

Me?

Because you're a meta.

I'm not a damn meta.

I'm a soldier.

[GRUNTS]

[MARKOVIAN RANGER]
First Citizen, Gravedigger.

We've located an underground complex

with an above-ground entrance
that is heavily guarded.

Excellent.

That's it.

That's where they're hiding my metas.

[LYNN] I'm working on the anti-booster.

I need five minutes to
render the solution.

[BLACK LIGHTNING] I'm on my way.

[UPBEAT HIP-HOP SONG PLAYING]

I'm here to take back control.

Maybe after I finish my last mission

and kill the Pierce family.

Starting with that pain in
the ass you love so much.

Jennifer.

[SONG CONTINUES PLAYING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

- [GROANS]
- Are you serious right now?

[GRUNTS]

[EXCLAIMS]

[SHOUTS]

[GRUNTING]

[SCREAMS]

[SCREAMS]

You ever hear of the rope a dope?

You're the dope.

[GROANING]

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

[SIGHS] Why's it gotta be in the woods?

These damn bugs are eating me alive.

Hey, wait.

I see Resistance members
guarding something.

- Doesn't look like much.
- It's not supposed to.

- Who the hell is this?
- I don't know.

I just saw a man float down from the sky

and land into the woods
about 40 yards away.

[GRAVEDIGGER]
Delta three, you in position?

[DELTA THREE] Affirmative.
Suppressive fire, sir?

Negative.

Looks like he's giving orders.

That would be Gravedigger,
Chief, do not engage him.

Leave him for Black
Lightning and Lightning.

They're on their way.

[GRAVEDIGGER] Arm the meta weapons.

Engage with Black Lightning
when he arrives to follow.

[INSPECTOR HENDERSON] What's this about?

Light him up!

He's still coming.

You think we can't see that?

Reload!

I already have.

Move! Now!

Sleep.

[GAMBI] It's just around the corner.

I've already opened it.

Okay, I see it, I see it.

Everybody listen to me.

There is a safe room
right through this door,

and I need everybody in it now.

Let's go. Come on.

[GAMBI] Gravedigger's on level one.

He's headed to level two.

- Go, go, go.
- The safe room can withstand

a thermonuclear war.

So hopefully, it can
keep Gravedigger out.

Come on, come on, come on.

Hurry.

Wait.

This is unnecessary.

I'm here on your behalf, trust me.

Okay.

And this ass-whooping that we brought,

it's for your own good, too.

Yeah, trust us.

You know what?

Kill her.

[GRACE GRUNTS]

What the hell is wrong with you?

What the hell is wrong with you? Stop!

Are they dead?

They're asleep.

Gravedigger's here.

[MARKOVIAN RANGER]
First Citizen, Gravedigger.

I have Black Lightning in my sight.

Permission to take the shot?

- [GRAVEDIGGER] Permission granted.
- [INSPECTOR HENDERSON] Drop them.

[GUNSHOTS]

[GRUNTS]

No.

No, no.

No, no. No! No, Henderson!

What are you doing here, man?

[GROANS]

Saving your black ass.

Get me out of here, man.

I can't.

What you mean you can't?

Henderson, you got a hole in your chest.

- [GROANS]
- If I move you...

Damn.

Damn, I'm not ready, man.

[SNIFFLES]

Thank you for saving my life, man.

Seemed like a good idea at the time.

[GASPS SOFTLY]

I can't feel my legs, man.

Henderson, man, you're my best friend.

I'm sorry I let you down.

Never, man.

Never.

Now, you don't let down Freeland.

[GASPS SOFTLY]

[CRYING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[GROANING]

Grace.

[STRAINING]

No, Grace. Stop.

Grace, stop!

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GRACE SHOUTING]

[GRUNTS]

Grace. Grace. Come on.

[SNIFFLES] Oh, my God.
I didn't mean to...

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Gambi. Gambi. Gambi.

[GAMBI] I'm here.

We're in the Pit.

And Grace, she's hurt. She's hurt bad.

I don't know what to do.

You need to stay on mission.

We'll get her out when we're done.

[CRYING]

I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

Whoa, you need to lay back down.

There's no time.

I figured out how the ASA's
countermeasure kicked me out.

I'm going to find Odell.

[COMPUTERS BEEPING]

Is that the anti-booster?

Yeah.

I'm gonna deliver it with this.

No. No. Give it to me.

Jeff, he's not just gonna
let you shoot him.

You concentrate on staying alive.

And while he's busy
with you, I'll do it.

[SIGHS]

I hate to say it, but you're right.

Jeff, I heard what happened
with Henderson over the comms.

I'm so sorry.

What happened here?

I don't wanna talk about it.

Okay.

Hey.

You ready?

Yeah.

Let's go.

[GRAVEDIGGER SCOFFS]

You again.

Well, this time I brought a friend.

What's up?

Wanna know a secret?

Volcanic lightning beats magnetic field.

[ALL GRUNTING]

[STRAINING]

[LIGHTNING] Dad, Brandon
and I have Gravedigger.

But I'm not sure how
long we can hold him.

He'll kill her.

You go ahead. I'll catch up.

[GRUNTS]

[PANTING]

Katie.

Activate self-destruct.

Password, please.

Rosebud.

Self-destruct activated.

And put this safehouse
on a ten-minute fuse,

- then blow it.
- Understood.

[GRUNTS]

Oh, you're back, huh?

You gonna run again?

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

Damn.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm good. Are you good?

Mom.

- Sweetie, are you okay?
- Yeah, Mom, I'm good.

- You okay?
- Yeah, I'm good.

[GAMBI] Lynn, Black Lightning
is fighting Gravedigger.

He needs that anti-booster.

Mom, go. Go, we're fine. Go.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

I ain't got time for this.

- [GRUNTS]
- [GROANS]

What were you thinking, hmm?

- [GUNSHOT]
- [GRUNTS]

[SCOFFS] You should've
gone for the head.

[STRAINING]

[EXCLAIMS]

You know what I was thinking?

You ain't too tough without
those extra powers.

[SCREAMS]

[GASPING]

You have nothing to be ashamed of.

You fought well.

Something's wrong.

The ASA system is really, really upset.

It's on self-destruct.

Override.

Saying it can't be.

They have 60 seconds to get out.

Jeff, you need to get out
of there, right now.

There's a self-destruct.

The safe room will survive,
but it's already been sealed.

Everyone, you've got less than a minute

to get away from the Pit.

Okay, I'll pick him up.
You get on my back.

No, we have to go.

- What?
- He lives, we die.

Lynn, he's family. We can't leave him.

No, Jeff. We have to go now. Come on!

Come on.

[SIGHS]

Now, you didn't really think I
was gonna let you get away?

Not after making me kill
my own mother, did you?

Caveat emptor.

That shut-down only
works for Painkiller.

I'm Khalil.

We haven't officially met.

Don't try to stop me.

No, you're gonna stop yourself.

Because you're smart enough to realize

that a bullet to the head
is too good for him.

He needs to be shackled,

caged, humiliated,

and then die alone.

- [GUNSHOTS]
- [GASPS]

[BLACK LIGHTNING] Khalil!

I shot him through the spleen.

Don't need it, anyway.

He'll be all right.

No. Unless he has internal bleeding

or gets an infection.

And if that's the case,

it's God's will.

He's all yours.

Team two in position.

Team three in position.

Charlie three on point.

[COMMANDO 1] Fire in the hole.

[COMMANDO 2] Clear!

[COMMANDO 1] Cover this area.

[MAJOR GREY] Mr. Gambi.

We know you're in here.

We know you have the briefcase.

[GAMBI] Can't help but notice you have

your most trusted Commandos with you.

Showing off that you're in
our personnel files, tailor?

- Brag much?
- [GAMBI] Thanking you.

For bringing me the last
ASA personnel to know

the Pierce family's secrets.

You're welcome.

They all know you very well.

You're not gonna get out of here.

[GAMBI] I've seen worse.

[GUNSHOTS]

[COMMANDO 1] Visual. Visual.

[COMMANDO 2] He's on the move.

We have visual.

[KEYPAD BEEPS]

Flash out.

- [GRENADE CLATTERS]
- [COMMANDO] Flash in.

Go, go.

All sides clear.

[COMMANDO] Nothing here, sir.

He's here somewhere.

- Help me.
- Okay.

All clear.

My left.

Pulling.

TC!

- You okay?
- [COUGHS]

Come on.

- [COUGHING]
- I got you.

Come on.

You're doing good.

- [GROANS] Good.
- You're doing good.

Look, so what's your assessment?

She's in a coma.

I'm sorry, honey, but
you know how this goes.

It could be ten minutes,
it could be ten years.

And there's no data to determine

how the shape-shifting might affect it.

No. Come on, come on, come on.

There's gotta be something
that you can do.

She needs to be someplace where
she can have constant care.

And we can pray.

The last of our troops are
returning from Freeland.

The Americans have declined
to keep prisoners of war,

but demanded reparations
for the damage to Freeland.

The Prime Minister has flatly refused.

Meanwhile, the Americans are
conducting hearings to investigate

the provocation that made
our raid necessary...

Thanks, Ma.

[FEMALE REPORTER ON TV]
The Commission has been convened

by Congress to look into
the Freeland conflict.

A heinous and brutal
attack on American soil.

Among others, the vigilante
known as Black Lightning

- is expected to testify.
- [SCOFFS]

The Neon Negro's about to
get his 15 minutes of fame.

He ain't nothing but a snitch.

Just like you.

Well, my brother,

looks like it's time for
me to pack my bags.

Things seem copacetic back home.

Plus, I got a date with a
beautiful divorcée doctor.

She's gonna help me get
the crown of Freeland

that I am destined to wear.

[LYNN] I am pleased to report that
every meta-human in Freeland

has been stabilized.

_

And though I was able
to fix their bodies,

their lives remain shattered.

They're outsiders, in need of
reassimilation into society,

and education, a place to live.

[JUDGE NAGAR] I have your
recommendations here

for a boarding school

keyed to the needs of
Freeland's meta-humans.

This Congressional Commission
hereby ratifies your plan.

Thank you.

The Commission calls Black Lightning.

So what happened in
Freeland was not random.

It was the latest in a long,
reprehensible history

of experimenting on black people.

From trial-and-error surgeries
on women in bondage,

to giving men syphilis at Tuskegee,

and now to decades of illegal
human experimentation

to create meta-humans.

All the evidence is in this briefcase.

The Chair recognizes Judge Isabella.

Black Lightning, where did
you get that briefcase?

[BLACK LIGHTNING] From the ASA.

Now, what you're looking
at is the master control

for the ASA's operation on meta-humans.

The Chair recognizes Judge von Eeden.

Black Lightning, I assume
the information in there

is encrypted, is it not?

It was.

But it's been cracked.

And it will reveal a
crime against humanity

orchestrated by the ASA,

and brought to its height with
Agent Odell and Freeland.

As Chair of the Commission
on the Freeland conflict,

I promise you this,

Agent Odell is being detained,

and he will be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law.

Furthermore, the ASA will be disbanded,

effective tomorrow.

For security reasons, everyone
will remain where they are

until Black Lightning,
Thunder, and Lightning

have left the building.

The lobby has been
cleared for your exit.

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